AGENDA:
Opening Greeting [Introduce Meeting Convener & Recording Secretary]
Worship [30-45 minutes]
Meeting Reports & Personal Check-ins [from Attendees]
Dear Friends,
The desecration of the land of the Anishinaabe peoples in Northern Minnesota due to Enbridge Energy s Pipeline 3 construction and tar sands oil transport, has been sitting heavy on my heart. Enbridge s reckless pursuit to expand Pipeline 3 under pristine lakes and rivers, including the Mississippi River headwaters, has already resulted in leak spills of both oil and toxic sludge on land and under the water bodies.
Registration is open for a Fall 2021 online course starting Tuesday Sept. 7th, Exploring Spiritual Practices, led by Marcelle Martin.
Join Friends around the world for worship, fellowship, practical skill building, and listening for our call. We ll share what is rising now. Are new priorities coming into focus? Are you exploring new approaches to our ministry? Do you feel a fresh sense of Call? Come away inspired, with insight and resources for effective ministry, vital faith formation, and fully multi-generational community. Click here for more conference information.
The Friends General Conference Spiritual Mentorship Program is for youth and young adults interested in developing their spiritual gifts of clerking, discernment, and community leadership. The purpose is to nourish & nurture intergenerational relationships that foster transformation and growth and to provide spiritual accompaniment in our lives as Friends and beyond.
The program will run from September 2021-March 2022.
We are currently seeking Friends who wish to participate as Seekers, Mentors, and Advisory committee members.
For more information and to complete an application, visit www.fgcquaker.org/mentor. APPLICATIONS DUE AUGUST 22, 2021.
We welcome you to submit an application and to share this announcement with Friends in your community.
Interested in participating but can't serve as a seeker or mentor? We are currently seeking Friends to serving on the Advisory Committee! For more information, read our Advisory Committee description.
Talking Through Political Disagreement: Is It Even Worth It? with Karen Tibbals and Val Liveoak, FCNL s June Quaker Changemaker event, is now available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aSUvih_0Lc.
Thanks to Friends Committee on National Legislation https://fcnl.org/ for making this available.
Ros Abernathy, member of the Little Rock meeting since 1957 and longtime supporter of SCYM and its forerunner, died recently at the retirement center where she had been living in Durham, NC. She was 95.
Join Friends from all over North America and beyond for plenaries, wrorkshops, worship sharing, interest groups and hangout time. For information, a schedule and to register go to: https://www.fgcquaker.org/connect/gathering